Less than four days to go!  The race day that seemed so far off back in December has finally arrived and I wish I had another month to train!  I feel like I might be getting the hang of this - better late than never.  I'm still slow, but I can run the 3.1 miles over and over again.  I'm hoping that the excitement of being in a ‘real race' will motivate me even more and give me an extra boost of energy. 

Today I ran my last training run.  I ran a really decent 3.1 miles on Sunday - on a treadmill, though, because it's been raining for what seems like weeks.  Did a gym workout yesterday, and ran again tonight (on the treadmill, still raining).  For the rest of this week it's relaxing and letting the old body recuperate.  Wednesday, it's a nice relaxing massage - a gift to myself for getting this far.  Thursday, pack for San Diego.  By Friday afternoon I'll be scouting out the race area in San Diego and looking forward to meeting everyone that I've met on line. 

This has been a fun experience.  I wish I had taken this a little more seriously at the beginning, but it seemed like I had so much time to get into running shape.  So, here we are at the proverbial finish line and I'm not really in the best shape.  But you know what?  I've learned that you have to commit - early and often - to get the results you want.  And I realized that running isn't all that bad, and that sometimes I really, really enjoy it (usually after I'm done).  The better you get at something, the more you enjoy doing it.  I think I'll keep this up for a while.